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Desborough
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Desborough is a town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, lying in the Ise Valley between Market Harborough and Kettering. It was an industrial centre for weaving and shoe-making in the 19th century and had a long association with the Co-operative movement.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Desborough
- UK place.population
- 11,910
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP805835
- UK place.civil_parish
- Desborough
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Northamptonshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northamptonshire
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- KETTERING
- UK place.postcode_area
- NN
- UK place.postcode_district
- NN14
- UK place.dial_code
- 01536
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kettering
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Transport
- Churches
- Partnership
- The Old Manor House
- Government and community
- Co-operative movement
- Sport and leisure
- Media
- Education
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Desborough is a town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, lying in the Ise Valley between Market Harborough and Kettering. It was an industrial centre for weaving and shoe-making in the 19th century and had a long association with the Co-operative movement.
==History== left|thumb|The Celtic Desborough Mirror, [[British Museum]] Desborough's origins lie in the Bronze Age of about 2000 BC. Urns from that period have been found in and around the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Desborough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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